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The University of Mississippi Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 37
Cortez Thomas
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- S
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 195
- Experience:
- HS
- Hometown:
- Lexington, Miss.
- High School:
- Holmes County Central
- Major:
- Allied Health Studies
2025 (FRESHMAN): Member of the 2024-25 signing class.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked as a consensus four-star prospect by all major national recruiting services … Rated as a consensus top-15 overall prospect in Mississippi, topped by a No. 4 rating by ESPN … Member of the ESPN300, coming in at No. 125 … Named to the 2024 Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen … Named to 2024 Mississippi-Alabama All-Star roster … Ended career with 175 total tackles, five interceptions, 22 passes defended and one tackle for loss … Notched 56 tackles, three picks and 13 total passes defended his senior year in 2024 … Also tallied 251 career all-purpose yards with three receiving touchdowns … 2021 Holmes County Central High School Rookie of the Year … Also lettered in track … Chose Ole Miss over other offers from Colorado, Mississippi State and Texas A&M, among others … Coaches by Marcus Rogers.
PERSONAL: Full name is Cortez Jerod Thomas … Born Oct. 31, 2006 … Son of Rodesia Butler … Allied health studies major.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked as a consensus four-star prospect by all major national recruiting services … Rated as a consensus top-15 overall prospect in Mississippi, topped by a No. 4 rating by ESPN … Member of the ESPN300, coming in at No. 125 … Named to the 2024 Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen … Named to 2024 Mississippi-Alabama All-Star roster … Ended career with 175 total tackles, five interceptions, 22 passes defended and one tackle for loss … Notched 56 tackles, three picks and 13 total passes defended his senior year in 2024 … Also tallied 251 career all-purpose yards with three receiving touchdowns … 2021 Holmes County Central High School Rookie of the Year … Also lettered in track … Chose Ole Miss over other offers from Colorado, Mississippi State and Texas A&M, among others … Coaches by Marcus Rogers.
PERSONAL: Full name is Cortez Jerod Thomas … Born Oct. 31, 2006 … Son of Rodesia Butler … Allied health studies major.
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